OpenAI says it used about 10,000 AI agents, tens of millions of dollars of computing, and 88 hours to solve the famous Navier-Stokes math problem. It is one of the seven Millennium Prize problems. But the win has upset many mathematicians. Two researchers at the center of the fight, Tristan Buckmaster and Andreas Thom, told The Verge that the company's rivalries are shaking up their field.
π The Backstory
Buckmaster says OpenAI offered him "unlimited compute" and sole credit on the paper if he left out his partner, Levent AlpΓΆge, who works at rival Anthropic. He called the offer a bribe and refused. OpenAI denies that his use of its Codex tool helped its model. The seven Millennium problems each carry a $1 million prize, and only one has ever been solved.
π― Why It Matters
AI is now doing work that once took humans years. This raises hard questions about credit, fairness, and whether tech giants should get to claim big scientific breakthroughs.
OpenAI says it used about 10,000 AI agents, tens of millions of dollars of computing, and 88 hours to solve the famous Navier-Stokes math problem. It is one of the seven Millennium Prize problems. But the win has upset many mathematicians. Two researchers at the center of the fight, Tristan Buckmaster and Andreas Thom, told The Verge that the company's rivalries are shaking up their field.
Buckmaster says OpenAI offered him "unlimited compute" and sole credit on the paper if he left out his partner, Levent AlpΓΆge, who works at rival Anthropic. He called the offer a bribe and refused. OpenAI denies that his use of its Codex tool helped its model. The seven Millennium problems each carry a $1 million prize, and only one has ever been solved.
AI is now doing work that once took humans years. This raises hard questions about credit, fairness, and whether tech giants should get to claim big scientific breakthroughs.